Pelco C624M-C (5/06) manual

C624M-C (5/06)

OPERATIONS/PROGRAMMING

Server Software Application

DX8000 Series

Digital Video Recorder

DX8000 Operations

and Programming

Contents

Main Page Contents Page Page Page Page Page List of Illustrations Page Page List of Tables Operation and Programming WELCOME TO THE DX8000 SERIES DVR DX8000 CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT DX8000 VIEWER DX8000 MOBILE CLIENT Getting Started with DX8000 DVR Software UPGRADE POLICY SOFTWARE UPGRADES HARDWARE UPGRADES STARTING AND SHUTTING DOWN THE DX8000 STARTING THE DX8000 SHUTTING DOWN THE DX8000 DX8000 DOCUMENTATION Logging In to the DX8000 Application LOCAL DX8000 LOGIN LOGGING IN TO A LOCAL DX8000 LOGGING OUT OF THE LOCAL DX8000 EXITING TO THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM REMOTE DX8000 LOGIN CONNECTING TO A REMOTE SITE DISCONNECTING FROM A REMOTE SITE LOGGING IN TO A REMOTE SITE Page Understanding the DX8000 Application Window DESCRIPTION OF THE DX8000 MAIN WINDOW Page Page DX8000 MENU BAR File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Export Menu Favorite Menu Help Menu DX8000 TOOLBAR DISPLAYING THE DX8000 WINDOW FROM A PAGE DESCRIPTION OF OPERATING MODES SWITCHING BETWEEN STANDARD AND EXTENDED PANEL VIEWS UNDERSTANDING VIEW PANES AND PANELS WORKING WITH VIEW PANE AND PANEL CONFIGURING VIEW PANELS NAVIGATING VIEW PANELS Navigating Between View Panels Page Expanding and Collapsing View Pane Manually Cycling Through Hidden View Panels Automatically Cycling Through View Windows Page WORKING WITH THE SITE TREE ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO VIEW PANES SETTING UP LINKS Manually Turning a Relay On and Off Linking Alarm Inputs to a Camera Linking a Relay Output to a Camera Linking Relay Outputs to Alarm Inputs REMOVING LINKS Removing a Linked Alarm Input from a Camera Removing a Linked Relay Output from a Camera Removing a Linked Relay Output from an Alarm Input Working in Live View Mode ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO VIEW PANES SETTING UP FAVORITES ADDING A CAMERA VIEW TO FAVORITES ORGANIZING FAVORITES IN FOLDERS Creating a Favorites Folder Organizing Favorites in Folders LIVE VIEW ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) CUSTOMIZING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) INSTANT RECORDING ENABLING AND DISABLING INSTANT RECORDING Enabling Instant Recording Disabling Instant Recording ADDING INSTANT RECORDING TO OSD STARTING AND STOPPING INSTANT RECORDING Starting Instant Recording Stopping Instant Recording OPERATING THE ON-SCREEN PAN, TILT, AND ZOOM (PTZ) CONTROLS OPERATING THE PTZ CONTROLS Page Page Page USING PC KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO OPERATE PTZ AND LENS FUNCTIONS PTZ PRESETS PROGRAMMING A PRESET Page CLEARING A PRESET PTZ PATTERNS PROGRAMMING A PATTERN Start Programming a Pattern Page ACCESSING PROGRAMMING FEATURES OF REMOTE CAMERAS Using the PTZ OSD Menu Control Accessing a Remote Camera Programming Menu Page SENDING AUXILIARY COMMANDS TO A DEVICE CONFIGURING PRESET TOURS PROGRAMMING A PRESET TOUR Accessing a Preset Tour Group Page Page ACTIVATING A PRESET TOUR DEACTIVATING A PRESET TOUR USING THE KBD300A KEYBOARD KBD300A STANDARD MODE OPERATIONAL FEATURES KBD300A SHIFT MODE OPERATIONAL FEATURES Working in Playback Mode ACCESSING PLAYBACK MODE ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO VIEW PANELS PLAYBACK ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) Page Page Page PLAYING BACK VIDEO BY TIME STARTING PLAYBACK FROM A SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME UNDERSTANDING INSTANT PLAYBACK PLAYING BACK VIDEO BY EVENT Page ZOOM USING THE MOUSE PANNING A ZOOMED IMAGE Working in Search Mode Page Page DISPLAYING A DEINTERLACED IMAGE IN THE SEARCH MODE INDEX VIDEO SEARCH Page Page POS SEARCH Page Page Page Page Page Page SEARCHING FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS WITH EXCEPTIONS SEARCHING FOR TRANSACTIONS THAT SATISFY SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS b 3 SEARCHING FOR TRANSACTIONS BY LINE ITEM SEARCHING FOR TRANSACTIONS BY ACTION CODE 5b PIXEL VIDEO SEARCH Page VIEWING A VIDEO THUMBNAIL WORKING WITH SPECIAL VIEW AND SEARCH METHODS VIEWING VIDEO IN THE DEINTERLACED MODE VIEWING LIVE AND PLAYBACK VIDEO SIMULTANEOUSLY Exporting Video EXPORTING BOOKMARKED VIDEO REGIONS CREATING BOOKMARKS CLEARING BOOKMARKS Clearing a Single Bookmark INSERTING AND REMOVING A USB FLASH DRIVE INSTALLING A USB FLASH DRIVE REMOVING A USB FLASH DRIVE ENABLING THE DEINTERLACING FILTER MAPPING AND DISCONNECTING A NETWORK DRIVE MAPPING A NETWORK DRIVE DISCONNECTING A NETWORK DRIVE PERFORMING THE EXPORT STARTING AN EXPORT PROCESS Page CHANGING A BOOKMARKED TIME RANGE ASSIGNING A CUSTOM EXPORT VIDEO FILE NAME SELECTING THE EXPORT FORMAT EXPORTING A SEQUENCE OF STILL IMAGES Printing Images PRINTING IMAGES IN THE DEINTERLACED MODE Setting Up the DX8000 ACCESSING THE SETUP MODE Page Page CAMERA SETUP BASIC CAMERA SETUP Page Page AUDIO SETUP LISTENING TO LIVE AUDIO Listening to Live Audio at a Local Server Listening to Live Audio from a Remote DX8000 System CONFIGURING VIDEO LOSS DETECTION 2a 2a 2 APPLYING SETTINGS TO ALL CAMERAS LINK SETUP CONFIGURING BASIC RELAY AND ALARM SETTINGS Understanding How Relays and Alarms React to a Power Outage Configuring DX8000 Basic Relay and Alarm Settings Configuring Basic Relay Operating Properties 3c Configuring Basic Alarm Input Operating Properties 3a Page Page Linking Relay Outputs to Video Loss Events LINKING CAMERAS TO RECORD IN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL EVENTS Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page SETTING UP THE CAMERA RECORDING MODE Scheduling a Record Mode Clearing a Scheduled Recording Clearing Recording Times for a Specific Record Mode Clearing Recording Times for All Record Modes CREATING YEARLY RECORDING SCHEDULES Creating a Yearly Recording Schedule Scheduling Individual Days Using the Year View Copying Schedule Attributes to a Different Day CREATING MONTHLY OR MULTIPLE-DAY RECORDING SCHEDULES Creating Multiple-Day Schedules Creating Single-Day Schedules Working with Single-Day Schedules Page Page Page WORKING WITH CUSTOM CAMERA SETTINGS Configuring Custom Camera Settings Examples of Custom Camera Settings Normal Motion Alarm ATM/POS CONFIGURING THE FRAME RATE Accessing the Frame Rate Configuration Dialog Box Setting the Basic Frame Rate Setting the Advanced Frame Rate Page Understanding the DX8000 Frame Rate Calculations SETTING UP ADVANCED RELAY OUTPUT Configuring Advanced Motion-Activated Relay Output Configuring Advanced Alarm-Activated Relay Output Page Page SETTING UP NETWORK PROPERTIES CONFIGURING THE DX8000 FOR NETWORK ACCESS Setting Up DX8000 Network Access Setting Up DHCP Setting Up a Static IP Address SETTING UP TCP/IP AND BANDWIDTH THROTTLE ACCESSING NETWORK INFORMATION SETTING UP DNS/WINS Page Page SETTING UP ATM/POS DEVICE COMMUNICATION PORTS Setting Up COM1 and COM2 Port Properties Setting Up RS-422/RS-485 Communication Port Properties SETTING UP ATM/POS DEVICE PROPERTIES Selecting the ATM/POS Device Mode Page Page Using Custom Device Filters Creating a New Data Format Editing a Data Format Deleting a Data Format Page Setting Up ATM/POS Exceptions Using Action Codes Page Page Editing an ATM/POS Exception Deleting an ATM/POS Exception Assigning an Exception to An ATM/POS Device Verifying the ATM/POS Communication Connection Recording ATM/POS Events Page Configuring KBD300A Communication Settings KBD300A Standard Mode Operational Features KBD300A Shift Mode Operational Features INSTALLING OR UPDATING DEVICE PROTOCOLS Page ACCESSING THE BACKUP CONFIGURATION PAGE ADDING A BACKUP SCHEDULE EDITING AN EXISTING BACKUP SCHEDULE DELETING AN EXISTING BACKUP SCHEDULE INITIATING AN INSTANT BACKUP SCHEDULE Page SELECTING A BACKUP MEDIA DEVICE VIEWING BACKED-UP VIDEO Page Page BUILT-IN USER ACCOUNTS DEFINITION OF USER ACCESS LEVELS DEFINITION OF CAMERA SECURITY ACCESS ADDING NEW USERS Page CHANGING A USERS GROUP AFFILIATION DELETING EXISTING USERS SETTING LOGIN TIMEOUT ASSIGNING AUTOMATIC LOGIN PERMISSION TO A USER SITE SETUP ADDING A REMOTE SITE Adding a Site with a Static IP Address Page Adding a Site with a Dynamic IP Address 4 b Page ACTIVATING REMOTE SITES MODIFYING A REMOTE SITE Editing a Remote Site Deleting a Remote Site SYSTEM SETUP ACCESSING THE SYSTEM PAGE WORKING WITH THE EXPORT FEATURE Exporting Current DVR Settings Using the Edit Menu to Perform an Export 5a5 WORKING WITH THE IMPORT FEATURE 4a4 Importing DVR Settings Using the Edit Menu to Perform an Import USING SYSTEM LOGS Viewing a Log File Page Exporting Log Information SELECTING THE LANGUAGE SETTING THE SYSTEM TIME Setting System Time Working with Standard and Daylight Saving Time 3c 3e 3a d SELECTING THE VIDEO FORMAT WORKING WITH CTRL+ALT+DEL FUNCTION Enabling Ctrl+Alt+Del Using Ctrl+Alt+Del SETTING UP AUTO REBOOT WORKING WITH ONLINE HELP EXTERNAL MONITOR SETUP ACCESSING THE EXTERNAL MONITOR SETUP SETTING UP CAMERA MAPPING Setting Up Automatic Camera Mapping Page Page Page Page Page Appending an Existing Sequence List CONFIGURING DISPLAY OVERRIDE USING THE EXTERNAL MONITOR OPTION EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SETUP ACCESSING THE EMERGENCY AGENT NOTIFICATION SETUP ADDING CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENTS TO BE NOTIFIED CHANGING CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT PROPERTIES DELETING CLIENTS FROM THE NOTIFICATION LIST LINKING CAMERAS TO CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENTS SETTING SERVER EVENT TRANSMISSION TIME EMERGENCY E-MAIL NOTIFICATION SETUP ACCESSING THE EMERGENCY E-MAIL NOTIFICATION SETUP CONFIGURING EMERGENCY E-MAIL NOTIFICATION Enabling or Disabling E-Mail Notification Page Page SETTING UP THE TIME PERIOD Configuring E-Mail Notification Frequency Setting the Time of Day Sending E-Mail Notifications In Response to Motion Events Sending E-Mail Notifications In Response to Alarm Events Sending E-Mail Notifications In Response to Video Loss Events SETTING UP E-MAIL NOTIFICATION GROUPS Adding an E-Mail Notification Group Modifying an E-Mail Group Name Deleting an E-Mail Group Adding Members to an E-Mail Group Page Page Page Page Administering the DX8000 UPDATING THE DX8000 SERVER AND CLIENT APPLICATIONS Page Page RECOVERING A PASSWORD 2b 2a Page Index A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S Page T U V Page Page PRODUCT WARRANTY AND RETURN INFORMATION REVISION HISTORY